From the YouTube channel of LycurgosNysio The museum includes collections of Hellenistic and Roman sculpture (funerary reliefs, funerary and honorary altars, portraits, table supports, statues) from the city of Veroia and other sites of the district, Hellenistic pottery and figurines from the cemeteries of Veroia, Hellenistic and Roman architectural parts (columns, bases, capitals etc.) exhibited in the courtyard, inscriptions from […]

The marble statue of medieval Bulgarian Tsar Samuil that was erected Tuesday at the Skopje central square. Photo by BGNES An imposing monument of famed Bulgarian Medieval Tsar Samuil was erected in FYROM’s capital Skopje Tuesday. The 5-meter marble statue was placed at the central Skopje square nearby the recently ereted statue of Alexander the Great. Tsar Samuil (Samuel) ruled the […]

A view of the early Christian Basilica recently unearthed at the Sintrivani metro station construction site in the northern port city of Thessaloniki. A large early Christian Basilica (1st to early 4th century AD) and an important late Byzantine period (1204-1430) building were unearthed at a same number of Thessaloniki metro construction sites over the recent period.     Part of […]

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Macedonian names and makeDonski pseudo-linguistics: The case of the name Sitas    Balkan Illusion – phantasia archaica: “…it is very interesting to note that many of the authentic ancient Macedonian words, according to their etymology and pronunciation, have a striking resemblance to the appropriate words used in the modern Macedonian language (and other so called “Slav”[sic] […]

BY THOMAS MEANEY, HARRIS MYLONAS   The European Union is a club with a long line out the door. Just ask Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, or Turkey. But for one Balkan country, the biggest problem is showing the right ID at the velvet rope. Seven former communist countries were able to enter both NATO and the EU by the end […]

It is no mark of intelligence to be able to prove whatever one pleases. But to be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false – This is the mark and character of intelligence”, Emmanuel Swedenborg (1678-1772)   A few remarks regarding the value and world-wide contribution of the Greek Language   Regardless of […]

  Roman, 32 BC       Issued in the eastern part of the Empire Antony and Cleopatra Mark Antony is one of history’s great losers. As Julius Caesar’s right-hand man in 44 BC when Caesar was murdered, he had the chance to succeed to his position as effective monarch of the Roman world. Foiled in this by Caesar’s adopted […]

  The common definition of  “taking text out of context” is to remove a passage from its surrounding matter in such a way as to distort its meaning. In other words a shorter extract or phrase is used purposedly in an attempt to respresent the views of the person being quoted inaccurately. The latter became an effective tool on the hands […]

One of the most known websites from FYROM, namely MIA, suprised us in a decent way when in today’s article “Police seizes valuable artifacts“, recognizes the greekness of ancient Macedonians by mentioning the ancient artifacts derived from “Hellenic and Roman period“. Too bad the bulk of FYROM’s population are still staying into a continuous denial of the overwhelming evidence from ancient sources which point out explicitely the […]